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31 - Personality at Work

from Part VII - Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Jesús F. Salgado ,
Neil Anderson  and
Silvia Moscoso
Edited by
Philip J. Corr  and
Gerald Matthews
Philip J. Corr
Affiliation:
City, University London
Gerald Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
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Summary

The role of personality in work and organizational (W&O) psychology at both a theoretical and an applied level is crucial for predicting and explaining important individual and organizational performance criteria (Anderson, 2005; Woods & Anderson, 2016). For example, personality variables play a prominent role in predicting job performance and other relevant organizational performance outcomes. The relevance of personality at work can be gauged by the number of (a) scientific articles describing the relationship between personality and work behavior and processes, and (b) applied W&O psychologists drawing extensively upon personality measurement and theory to inform their practice.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 427 - 438
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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